“'Charity never faileth.' May this long-enduring Relief Society motto, this timeless truth, guide you in everything you do. May it permeate your very souls and find expression in all your thoughts and actions." ~President Thomas S. Monson

*Hubby Love! I am so excited for this particular type of Love. I am
actually the one teaching the class. We will be discussing 5
scientifically proven ways to strengthen your relationship with your
spouse. I can’t even tell you the amount of research I have done to
prepare for this class! This coming Tuesday, I will post those 5 ways
along with links to the studies that back them up :). Be excited! Be
very excited!*Family Love! We will be making RAK plaques. Catchy, right?! RAK
stands for Random Acts of Kindness. These are flat blocks of wood, about
4 inches by 4 inches across. They are painted white with modge podged
scrapbook hearts on the top, and the directions for their use on the
back.
Basically the block will travel secretly around your family, when you do
a secret act of kindness for someone in your family; you leave the
plaque where you did the deed. (For example- one could make brother's bed
one morning and then leave the RAK plaque on his pillow.). Now it is the
person who received the plaque’s turn to do a RAK. (Ex: Now brother could
go put away sister's laundry and leave the RAK plaque in the bottom of her
laundry basket).
Fun right?! Did that all make sense?*Neighbor Love! Okay so in this workshop their will be lots of fun
valentine scrapbook paper available, and the women will be writing a
little note of love or thanks (creating a homemade valentine) for
another woman in the group. All Valentine’s will then be placed in an RS
mailbox to be delivered (by my committee, myself, and the RS
Presidency) later in the evening and throughout the rest of the week.*Divine Love! My local dollar store has miniature Jenga games for
sale. We will have multiple round tables set up with a Jenga game in the
middle of each table. Sisters will play the game in groups. Played as
normal Jenga would be played, except with a slight twist—
Each Jenga Block will have either “Neighbor”, “Hubby”, or “Family”,
written on it. Once you safely remove your block, tell the table group
one way you can show God you love him in that category.
For Examples:
“Hubby”— By visiting the Temple together as a couple often.
“Neighbor”— By doing my Visiting Teaching, or by praying for my VT sisters.
“Family”— By holding regular FHE. By teaching my children about Christ and his love for us.*Sweet Love! We’ll be serving these little beauties (recipe will be available on this blog by Wednesday)—

b. Complete at least four generations of family history (you, your parents, your grandparents, your great-grandparents). Has all the temple work been completed for those four generations?c. Each family have a copy of Member’s Guide to Temple and Family History Work. Use for individual or family study, including Family Home Evening lessons. Pray for opportunities to share what you have learned about Family History work with friends and neighbors. Invite them to be involved in Family History work also.

3. Meaningful community service

Look for an opportunity to be involved in at least one community service project during the year. Invite your friends and neighbors to join you.

Special thanks to our Provident Living Specialist, Kristen for making it happen!

We rotated through three mini classes, and topics covered short-term storage, long-term storage/canning, and water storage.

Inkey shared her powerful testimony about preparedness.

It was interesting that only 6% of members have a year supply!! We had to do better than that!

Melissa gave an amazing demonstration about canning and mylar bags. She made it look SO easy and explained what we need. All of our resources are at our fingertips. Sealer is in the library, canning machine free to rent, and bags and cans through our distribution center!

I know everyone was impressed with her wealth of knowledge.

Anxious ears!

Last class taught by Kristen was on water storage...perhaps the most important!

You can go 2 weeks without food, but only 3 days without water!!

She taught about containers, storage, and how to purify in an emergency.